Handbook of Echo-Doppler Interpretation, 2nd Edition

by Edmund Kenneth Kerut (Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans); Elizabeth F. McIlwain (Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans); Gary D. Plotnick (University of Maryland School of Medicine)

• ISBN13: 9781405146128
• ISBN10: 1405146125
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This handbook is intended to help the physician and sonographer to learn echo concepts and techniques in a "user friendly" way, to help them perform studies and understand concepts in order to collect as much clinically useful information as possible on an individual patient. This book is written as a very practical and easy to read manual. Each chapter highlights the various aspects of echocardiography. Practical tips are displayed throughout the book. This text is well illustrated with 165 photographs and graphical illustrations. It will be useful to the echocardiographer and sonographer for practical guidance into performing a thorough goal-orientated study for a particular problem and for the physician/cardiologist in developing the interpretation.

Table of Contents

Basic Principles of Ultrasound Physics

Principles of Instrumentation and Echo-Doppler Modalities

Basics of Fluid Mechanics and Hemodynamic Equations

The Echo Examination and Echo Anatomy

Ventricular Measurements and Systolic Function

Diastolic Function

Aortic Valve

Mitral Valve

The Right Heart, Pulmonary Artery and Ventricular System

Prosthetic Heart Valves

Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Pericardium and Effusions

Ischemic Heart Disease and Myocardial Infarction

Critical Care

Operating Room

Congenital Heart Disease

Source of Embolism

Endocarditus

Aorta and Aorta Dissection

Masses and Tumors

Selected Topics

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